YC VC Debate
Discussions question whether Y Combinator is becoming a traditional VC firm, its funding model, investment strategy, returns, and due diligence for backed startups.
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Why would funding by YC in any way suggest that a startup might not do that?
Your assumption is that VCs fund YC startups purely because they are YC startups?
Is this mean YC is now a big time VC?
Is it possible to invest in YC itself?
Is YC deliberately underfunded?
Are YC becoming a standard VC firm?
why stop with YC? There are other VCs that might pull the trigger, no?
So YC is mostly just for unicorns?
I thought YC backed individual founders and ideas rather than general technologies or sectors.
Perhaps YC could fund such a startup.